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Originally Posted by rolo_tomachi
I have already said it in other posts. Something like this would whet the appetite of many fans:
SWW 40th anniversary:
CD1 Original Remastered
CD2 Bonus Tracks: Game Of The Heart, Lonely Is The Night, Deep Cuts The Nife, Never Enough, Borderline, Edge Of a Broken Heart, Out Of Bounds... there are probably a few more clues that we don't know.
CD3 Rough Mixes: You Give Love A Bad Name, Prayer, Wanted, Id Die For You (Demo) or Never Say Goodbye (Richie on Vocals), Raise your Hands, Let It Rock....
CD4 Live tracks from 1986-7 or live full live show in two discs.
CD4 Live Show
If you want DVD-Bluray, they could easily add Nassau 87. They could also include the official videos as extras.
Mix and remaster all this as it deserves. They did it once with Out Of Bounds for the 2004 box set. They can do it again if someone competent does it. Pack it with love, make a 30-40 page book of promotional photos, tours, and truthful information from the recording studio.
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I totally agree that a SWW boxset like this would be really cool, but given the state of Jon's voice during the Slippery tour I think that kinda leaves the question of what kind of live material they even have in the vaults that would be suitable for an official CD/DVD/Blu-Ray release.
I can imagine that Jon himself wouldn't necessarily want to release material from shows where his voice was barely hanging on by a thread, and you also gotta take into consideration whether that kind of live material would appeal to all your potential buyers. A diehard fan might not care about the state of Jon's voice at that time and happily take any kind of 80s live material they can get their hands on, but the causals might give it a listen on Spotify & co. beforehand to see whether the boxset would be worth the money for them (considering how pricey a boxset like that would probably be) and decide that it's not because of how Jon sounds in the live material, and then you only have diehards actually buying the boxset in the end.
Maybe it would make more sense if they did 3 CDs (CD 1 - standard album, CD 2 - bonus tracks/outtakes, CD 3 - alternative takes and demos) and a DVD/Blu-Ray with Slippery When Wet - The Videos, and then additionally offered the option to purchase 12 live tracks from all across 1986/87 and a full video show digitally. That way you'll have diehards and causals buying the boxset and the diehards can also get live material.